to glissade
9.9
To slide one foot along the floor to the other in ballet
- verb
- /ɡlɪˈsɑːd/
- Specialized
:
hacer una glissade
- He learned to glissade elegantly by practicing every day in ballet class.
Examples
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Can you glissade like a professional dancer?
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The dancer began to glissade gracefully across the polished stage.
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Before the leap, you should glissade to build momentum.
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He glissades gracefully during the ballet performance.
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She learned to glissade gracefully across the stage during her ballet classes.
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As the dance performance progressed, the dancer executed a perfect glissade that captivated the audience.
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In her routine, she included a glissade to showcase her smooth transitions between steps.
Synonyms
9.9
A quick sliding dance step where one foot seems to chase the other in ballet
is a smoother slide bringing one foot to meet the other
How Smooth
Surface Forms
glissade infinitive
glissaded past
glissaded past participle
glissading present participle
glissades third person singular
Etymology
Glissade comes from the French verb glisser 'to slide' and is like the English word glide, so to glissade in dance is to slide one foot to the other to make a smooth movement.